Dr Simoncini's treatment??

A patient of mine with prostate cancer came in with some info on the Bicarbonate therapy. He wants to do this as an IV drip. My understanding was that the treatment was done via injection into the tumor. Anyway, the patient's comments about the dosing was something like 5% bicarb mixed in 500cc.so, to anyone who knows about this -- he said Rob Rowen had and article on it -- do you know the specifics of the formula?Is it a 5% bicarb solution mixed in sterile water, normal saline....et cetera, or is the final mix supposed to be a 5% solution. Also, what about osmolarity? Read more

candida test??

what are the tests that one can do to test for candidia? Hopefully there is a simple one. Read more

Health Tip: Coping With Fibromyalgia

(HealthDay News) -- Fibromyalgia is a painful, tiring condition that affects about five million adults in the United States, the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) says.

While the condition's cause is poorly understood, NIAMS offers these suggestions to help you manage symptoms:

• Even if exercise sounds painful, physical activity is recommended for people with fibromyalgia. Some light and regular exercise -- even just walking -- can help boost energy and ease pain.
• Eat a healthy diet, and stay away from any foods that seem to trigger fibromyalgia symptoms.
• Make sure you get enough sleep each night.
• Stay comfortable at work. When possible, make sure your chair and desk are set up comfortably, limit the hours you work, and try to adjust your responsibilities (if they include standing, lifting, etc.)

Exposure to Peanuts May Build Tolerance to Allergy

(HealthDay News) -- Exposing children with peanut allergies to a carefully administered daily oral dose of peanuts helped them build tolerance to the point where some of them appear to have lost their allergies, a new study found.

However, the researchers, from Duke University Medical Center and Arkansas Children's Hospital, cautioned that the approach is still experimental and should not be tried by parents on their own.

"This is not something to be done at home," said Dr. Wesley Burks, chief of the division of pediatric allergy and immunology at Duke and a co-author of the research. "It truly is an investigational study."

But the children in the study did build long-term tolerance, with the researchers documenting key immunologic changes reflecting a lack of allergic response.

Burks and his colleagues were expected to present their findings Sunday at the American Academy of Asthma, Allergy & Immunology meeting, in Washington, D.C.

About four million American have allergies to foods, and tree nut allergies, including peanut allergies, are the most common. For the highly allergic, exposure to even a trace amount of peanuts can provoke a life-threatening reaction. Nearly half of the 150 deaths attributed to food allergies each year are caused by peanut allergies, according to background information in the study.

For the study, which began five years ago, Burks and his colleagues gave children with a history of peanut allergy gradually larger daily doses of peanut protein, while other allergic children were given a placebo. The starting doses were very small, as little as 1/1000th of a peanut. The doses increased until the children ate the equivalent of up to 15 peanuts a day about 10 months later, and then they stayed on the daily therapy while they were monitored.

Nine of the 33 children participating in the study have been on maintenance therapy for more than 2.5 years, and four of them were able to discontinue the treatment and eat peanuts, the researchers said.

When the researchers tracked immunologic changes -- specifically levels of an antibody called immunoglobulin E, which the body makes in response to allergens -- they found the levels had declined to nearly nothing at the end of the trial.

"I think what has been shown in this [research] is that the threshold [at which allergic reactions begin] really can change with treatment," Burks said.

Changing the threshold is valuable, he said, because it could mean that if a child with a peanut allergy accidentally ate something with peanut in it, he may have no reaction. "If you do that alone, you give the family comfort," he said.

Still to be answered is whether doctors can "make the disease go away," Burks said, adding that his research will continue.

The concept of exposing an allergic person to small amounts of the allergen isn't new, of course, said Dr. Scott Sicherer, associate professor of pediatrics and chief of the division of pediatric allergy and immunology at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City.

That's the idea behind allergy shots.

"I think this [Duke-Arkansas] is very promising, the results," added Sicherer, who's also chairman of the American Academy of Pediatrics' Section on Allergy and Immunology.

Funding for the study was provided by the U.S. National Institutes of Health, the Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network, the Food Allergy Project, the Gerber Foundation and the Robins Family Foundation.

More information
To learn more about food allergies, visit the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.

Health Tip: The Signs of Hunger

(HealthDay News) -- When you have a desire to eat, are you really hungry? Other factors can make you feel like you want to eat, including feeling sad or lonely, the time of day, craving certain foods, or being thirsty.

The American Academy of Family Physicians offers this list of actual hunger signs:

• Your stomach growls or rumbles.
• You feel hunger pangs in your stomach.
• You have a slight headache, or difficulty concentrating.
• You feel grumpy or irritable.

Bilateral nasal polyposis??

If there are polyps, there is inflammation. If there is inflammation, there is an activated immune system. If there is an activated immune system ,there is a perceived foreign antigen. In the nasal mucosa, it is usually one or more fungi. The ostensible problem of the polyps is easily addressed by nasal antifungals. The ENT's at Mayo are using compounded Amphotericin B(See article below). We use either Sinu Orega from North American Herb and Spice or the formula I developed-OMG nasal spray. Both contain the antifungal component from oregano. My formula addresses basophil cell membrane integrity and inhibition of fungal adhesion to cell membranes. My formula will work on a higher percentage of patients but some patients do better with the Sinu Orega. I don't profit from either formula, so have no bias as to which you choose.More fundamentally, you want to assess why sapprophytes are attracted to his nasal mucosa. Immunocompromise? Ischemia? Too much available glucose? Dysbiosis? Toxin overload? Hypochlorhydria? Hypothyroid? vitamin A/D deficient? Low iodine/iodide levels? If fungi and inflammation are present in one area of the body,its likely that other areas may be sub-clinically infected and harboring the chronic inflammation that shows up later as clinical disease. Inflammatory markers such as: CRP, IL6,lipids, LFT's, alk phos, uric acid, HgAIC, BP, waist circumference, ferritin, increased carotid intimal thickness on ultra sound and fibrinogen will help assess if there systemic inflammation. Read more

Health Tip: Getting Older and Weakened Immunity

(HealthDay News) - As you age, your body often isn't able to protect you against disease as effectively as when you were younger.

The U.S. National Library of Medicine lists these changes to the immune system that may occur as part of the aging process:

• Decreased ability to protect against infection.
• Decreased effectiveness and duration of vaccinations.
• Increased risk of developing an autoimmune disease.
• Decreased ability to heal from wounds and other injuries.
• Decreased ability to detect and correct cell defects, which could raise the risk of certain cancers.